Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out
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Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:39:36 UTC
Ronald Klop writes: > What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask? > An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network. All traffic can go to the gateway. I dont think that will work ? The gateway will not be inside any of the attached networks, so you have no route to it ? Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.